kathym opened this issue on Dec 14, 2005 ยท 58 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 15 December 2005 at 12:04 PM
Merchants are always going to be inclined to value their hard work highly. Most customers are always going to be looking for deals. I know that I do.
In a word: start charging more, and you're headed for my wishlist.
As for "driving merchants away" -- I haven't seen any evidence of that happening. In addition to which: for every merchant that drops out of the game, 15 more are waiting in the wings to take their places. So I'm not going to lose any sleep on that score.
To repeat myself: I am willing to pay higher prices on occasion. But only for items that I particularly want. And a high price will cause me to ponder over whether or not I actually need that item after all.........
Speaking in Poser terms, I'd call $30 a high price. $25 is pushing it.
E.G. -- "Hmmmmmm, let's see now.......I can buy this dress plus two other outfits for V3 at $7 to $10 each -- or I can get that cool-looking jacket for M3 at $24..........OK......the jacket goes onto the wishlist for now. Maybe I'll take a second look at it in another month or two. Maybe."
And so it goes..........